Most AuthenticHadith #19691,969 of 4,930

    صحيح مسلم

    Sahih Muslim — Hadith 1969

    Compiled by Imam Muslim

    Arabic Text

    و حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ وَزُهَيْرُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ قَالَ زُهَيْرٌ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ بْنُ عُيَيْنَةَ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ دِينَارٍ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ أَوْسٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَمْرٍو رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُمَا قَالَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ إِنَّ أَحَبَّ الصِّيَامِ إِلَى اللَّهِ صِيَامُ دَاوُدَ وَأَحَبَّ الصَّلَاةِ إِلَى اللَّهِ صَلَاةُ دَاوُدَ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَام كَانَ يَنَامُ نِصْفَ اللَّيْلِ وَيَقُومُ ثُلُثَهُ وَيَنَامُ سُدُسَهُ وَكَانَ يَصُومُ يَوْمًا وَيُفْطِرُ يَوْمًا

    English Translation

    Dan Telah menceritakan kepada kami [Abu Bakr bin Abu Syaibah] dan [Zuhair bin Harb] -Zuhair berkata- Telah menceritakan kepada kami [Sufyan bin Uyainah] dari [Amru bin Dinar] dari [Amru bin Aus] dan [Abdullah bin Amru] radliallahu 'anhuma, ia berkata; Rasulullah shallallahu 'alaihi wasallam bersabda: "Puasa yang paling dicintai Allah adalah puasa Dawud, sedangkan shalat yang paling disukai Allah adalah juga shalat Nabi Dawud 'Alaihis Salam, ia tidur hingga pertengahan malam, kemudian bangun (shalat lail) pada waktu seperti malam, lalu ia tidur pada seperenamnya. Kemudian ia berpuasa sehari dan berbuka sehari."

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    About Sahih Muslim

    Born

    204 AH / 820 CE — Nishapur, Iran

    Died

    261 AH / 875 CE

    Imam Muslim ibn al-Hajjaj was a student of Imam al-Bukhari. He compiled Sahih Muslim selecting from approximately 300,000 hadiths, arranging his collection thematically and grouping all chains of each hadith together — making it uniquely easy to study the complete transmission history of a single narration.

    Sahih Muslim took 15 years to complete. Its unique arrangement — all isnads for one hadith in one place — remains unmatched in the hadith literature.

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